J. G. HARRIS, A TUOTIONEER, Land and Estate Agent i . has removed to offices lately oocupied by. Mr. E. E. Morgan, Solicitor. Q rJ ' Advance subsciiptions to the AGE are now due. I (YOU WANT T1L BEST RPETURNS FOR PRODUCEAN D TOC, APRISON, JON1E5 DE/I.N eL SDNY WE ARE SELLING BROKEPS ONLY.i a., ,,-I- ,-I FEKD*W MANY SLEEPLESS NIGHTS WITH NERVES COMPLETELY BROKEN DOWN. UNTIL I WAS ADVISED BY MY FRIENDS TO TAKE CLEMENTS TN110. I. HAVE NO MORE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS. Here is a case of insomnia, and how quickly it breaks up the system all those who have had it know. It is a bad enough complaint in itself, but is also the cause of other ailments which may mean permanent ill-health. All those who are martyrs to broken rest and nerve exhaustion through worry and other troubles, should read this testimony t 90 Carabella Street. Milson's Point, Sydney; 1/8/13. CLEMENTS TONIC LTD. " For the past four years I sal. fered dreadfully with Insomnia. The many sleepless nights caused my serves to completel...

Why He Did Not Pay. Up. A WAY-IBACK settler has sent the follo.w ing letter to.a debt collector in the dis trict : Dear Sir,-Your dun cam to haid ,in an open euvelope with a ha'penny stamp on it, and might. have amused the :boyd at the stoar; bat with the melankolly refleskeshunthat there was. a twister with guts enough to duu_lan AusRraliarn citizori,?under a ha'penny stamp. You say this bill ond. a been pade long ergo and don't see wliy it carait, so I'll enlighten.. yer. In 1Q03 I bort it windmill-and a thresehing -rasheen on the instorlmeiit plani' lii 1904 iaeikloioe camr erlong an' blode every blaieted thing inter Queensland, and.what was left tuk' fire and burtit every damthbin' on the'place. Then some dirty spoiler let me red-bull outof ther paddick and 'me eldest daughter tuk small-pnk and me wiferun away with a bleedin nig. ger, she never did have nd sense andd and didn't knowv enuf to pout bog water out of heri boot.. not if direshuns was rote on her.sole.o You say if I d...

CONQUEST OF THE NATIONS Text: "Ask of Me, and I will give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost arts of the earth for thy possessaion."-Palms, ii., 8. Our text is, from one df the Messsianic IPsalmn. It represents our Lord as making known tie heavenly Father's decree re vwarding flim for His faithfulness as our LIedeemer. declaring that with His exalta tion to the kingdom wtill come the inheri Itance of the earth, with power to sibject all things to the Father's will. He was VASTO. RUSSELL to have it for the mere request, "Ask of Me." 'This world-wide dominion has not yet come to M?essiah; trhe heathen are not yet IIa inheritance. Indeed, as the prophet de clares, "Darkness covers the earth, and gross darkness the people." When we remember our Redeemer's love for the race, the love which led Him tc lay down His life to recover that whict was lost, we are at first amazed that lit ' has not yet asked the Father for lHia in heritance of the heathen. We are aston ish...

CuIrellt Topics. Ought the Commonwealth to Increase the Expeditionary For ces.-The opinion is very generally ex pressed that the Commonwealth should largely increase the contribution of men-and material which it is making to the Imperial army. As to the terrible nature of the dan ger by which Australia would be confronted if the %Germans should prove - victorious. there can hardly be two opinions. But, on the other hand, it must also be confessed that such a contingency seems wildly im probable. All accounts concur in stating that the allied forces are holding the Ger mans very safely, and are gradually closing in on them. The fighting power and equip ment of their armies are improving as time goes on, whilst those of the Germans and Austrians are visibly deteriorating. Not only in the prowess of their soldiers are the Allies showing a marked superiority, but in the copiousness of the supplies which -they can command. Their opponents must short ly be reduced to great straits for the...

WEETANGARA JOTTINGS. The year 1914 is numbered with the past and from a farmer's point of view, it will rank with the bad years. Taking the district all through there will not be a halt crop. Some parts were more favored than others in receiving seasonable showers, ana in those places up to four bags per acre are being har vested. In one instance I have heard of five bags, but a large area will only yield from one to three bags; and an enormous area under bay wll not produce halt a ton per acre. I have heard of a quarter ton in iome cases, so that the average farmer will have enough to do to make both ends meet this past year. On the other hand, the pastoralist, had a splendid season, the winter was one of the best ever known, and stock did tnot fall off as is usually the case. The wool clip was consid erably over the average, and 1 have not heard of any poor clips this year. The beautiful rain which fell in March last was instrumental in making things very favorable for pastoralist...

CURRAN-SEALES. A quiet but pretty wedding was solemnised on Boxing day, when the Rev. W. F. Cahill, Adm., united in the bonds of holy matrimony Mr. Patrick Curran, of the Home Affairs Department, Federal Territory, and son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Richard Curran, of " Elm Grove," Williamsdale, Monaro, to Maude, daughter of &amp;nbsp; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Seales, Breadalbane, grand-daughter of the late &amp;nbsp; Mr. William Seales, engineer, of Hobart, Tasmania, and neice of the late Captain F. W. Cooper (master mariner). The bride, who was given away by her brother-in-law, Mr. W. Sites, wore a simple but be coming frock of white embroidered voile, relieved with orange blossom sprays over white embroidered satin. Her embroidered veil and wreath of orange blossoms were lent by her sister, Mrs. W. Sites. Miss Clara Seales (sister of the bride) attended as bridesmaid, 'prettily attired in champagne satin relieved with silk and buttons to tone, and wore, a white sailor hat wreath...

S Brevities. : Annual Guild breakfast on Sun-i day morning. There was a slight frost yesterday morning. The local Comlmercial Bank : is being renovated by a Sydney firni. A. good new year resolution is to resolve to become a subscriber to the Qtieanbeyan AGEr. Bakers are very self-denying people -because they sell what they "knea?L themselves. Constable Culshaw hass received notice of his transfer to Braidwood. Mr. " Batty" Moran has secured the mail contract from Moruya. to Bega. The influx of visitors to this dis- &amp;nbsp; trict during the Christmas holidays. was quite as large as ever, notwith- standing the war and the complaint of bad times:. Big expectations are expected from the cement works at the White Rocks. It requires something to liven up Queanbeyan, which at the present time is very dead. The Mayor of Yass has trod on the corns of the Editor of the Yass Tribune and a battle royal is raging. The man behind the ink pot so far appears to have hold of the big end of t...

,.Triuiph Pictures. TaP Triumph Piotures are still gaining mo?e popularity by their splendid presentations at their picture palace. To.night the eighth series ofe Lucillo Love and the wild animal circus picture "The Tiger's Paw " will be the attractions. A big range of comedy and comic items will also be screened. A large attendance is merited. Saturday night's competitions wore won by Miss Polly Laz. arus and Mr. Boneley, Cotter Junction. Qom'[? Advance subscriptions to the AGE are nlow due.

Farmi ers aiid Fertiliser s THI arrangements which 7have beeni. mnadejby'the Department of. Agricul-. -Lure with the manufacttire of super~ `phosplhate:during the coming, seasoin are to the effect- that the:, manufac-. turers'.:Will supply their;: customers: .with their requireiients as: hitherto; and the Department o:of Agrictiltiire will guarantee the repayments of these accounts ifit remaining, unpaid oni Marhch x, ,19i6. ,It was.previous ly stated that 'the department is guar: ranteeiing the payineiit of the,? ouit standing'.' accounts 'dueby farmers to the fertiliser manufacturers;-, but this' is not the case; as the o.'nly: accounts? that \Mill be guarai?teed Wiill be those .for the supply. of nfertilisers to ;,.bhe used for theie'text wheat.crop. The, department will protect itself by tak uing.a covering:security from .the far-. nier; ai'ud ithe farmer. ill -receive-an: advantage by the ''iate" of :interest whicl hehis to pay on his own account blelng" restricted to 5'; per c...

(heaper IMuntton. The controversy in regard to high mat. values caused much interest in the Homebush market last Thurs day. The large attendance at the rale included a number of members of Farliament. Moderately heavy supplies, however, quickly solved the price question as to mutton. Winch combe Carson, Ltd., report that rates for all classes of sheep were is to is ed lower. Buyers were anxious to obtain stock, but the big offerings gave them ample opportu i i :s to fill orders. Prime merino sethers made to 19/- and ewes to 17s; extra prime cross wethers to 25/-; prime to 20/- to 17/6. The total amount collected to date for the Lord Mayor's Patriotic Fund is £177,560. There Are 155 wives, widows, and other" dependints re ceiving relief from the fund, as well as 349 children. A mrass meeting of wharf laborers decided to defend the case for an in junction against the officers of the Union.

Labour Condilions. THE COST OF LIVING. A report on unemployment, trade unionism, prices, cost of living, wages, and other industrial subjects has been issued under the direction of the Minister for Home Affairs (Mr. Archibald) by the Commonwealth Statistician (Mr. G. H. Knibbs). -In this report information is published for the first time in Australia re garding a number of subjects. As regards trade unions, there was a considerable growth in ~1913, the number of unions increasing from the previous year from 621 to 710, and the membership from 433,224 to 497,925, an increase of no less than 11i per cent. The number of inter State, or federated unions, in creased from 72 to 78, and the mera bership from" 279,771 to 352,437. Considerable attention is devoted to the question of the cost of living.. The methods by which the results are computed are explained, and in dex numbers are furnished, showing, not only the increase or ,decrease in cost: of living 'in each individual: centre, but ...

THE N.S.W. WHEAT SEIZURE. The. Commonwealth has lodged a comp'aint before the -Inter-Stats Commission against New South Wale's wheat embargo. 'It declares that the. State's action in preven ing wheat crossing to Victoria is an interference witih inter-state trade. The SlAte. Government will doult less pleact.urgency as the pretext for its action. But clearly, no fancied .urgency could excuse the attempt to destroy fireetrade between'the States. So far as the seizure 'affected wheat purchased by Victorians, or in tran sit toVictorian purchasers, it : was clearly indetensible. On this point there' will lave to be a' backdown. And there ought to be 'handsome compensation into the bargain, for the highhanded and unwarrantedl in terference with the property of citi zens of .another' State. : Even as to the` much larger' quantity' of grain. which was'not in course 'of delivery to Victorian 'buyers, -Mr. Hall aind his ! colleagues art out of .court. When the States agreed to feler ate,; th...

SHIRE COUNCIL. A special meeting of the above was held in the Council Chambers on January 8, there being present Councillor. Falconer, Ke'ly, Grace, McInnes and Keeffe. The minutes were read and' con firmed. Temporary Loan. Moved by Cr: Kelly and seconded by Cr. McInnes that application be made to tlie Mini:ter for Works for permis:lin to temporarily ,borrow the sum of £700 from the Commerciat Banking Co. of Sydney, Ltd, and that the seal of the Council be at tached to the application.-Carried. Correspondence. From the Lands Department, Goulburn, re permission granted to W. A. Cartwright and W. Boulton, to carry rabbit proof fencing across reads. Moved by Cr. Crace and secondedl by Cr. Kelly that applicants for rab bit proof gates across roads be re quested, when the application is granted, to meet the roads overseer in referene to the position of the gates, in order to obliterate incon venience to the owner of the gate and the travelling public. From M. Quncen,, Bengendore, 'asking...

FRENCH WOOLLEN MILLS. The late of the Northern French woollen mills is of more than pas sing mterest to woolgrowers. French competition has been. much m;ssed at the wool atles since the commence ment of 'the war, and, should the Allies succeed shortly in driving the enemy, completely off French soil, more or less bidding can be expected from this quarter. Much, however, depends on the condition of the fac tories situated in the towns through which the Germans have passed. In comimenting on t he mattar WVinchcombe, Carson, Limited state that information .came recently to hand to the effect that nothing is known of Tourco:ng, Roubaix, Sains and Formies factor}i,-. But since the occupation of Roubaix and Tour coing took p'ace without destruction. it is hoped the mills . ill be found almost intact. Rheims factories have been practica.ly destroyed. Saint Quentin and Mauberge have- fared better, according to an escaped Eng lsih officer, the mills in these places being very little damaged....

(kB liqu ibe)aau I WITH WHIICl ARE INCOLLPORATED Qu OEaNITAN TI'ME, IKJNOENDOnRE JIRUaIo AND CArTAIN'S FLAT -MINIu' TUESDAY. JANUARY 12, 1915. ¶iThe Nemesis. ITr seemts to occur to very few of the persons who are com plaining so loudly -about the high1 prices of the necessaries of `life alia- tlIe dedveloqp ment which is pinching" the. public so. sorely is very largely: the result of causes that have been in -'operation for many, years. It may be taken .for granted that, as a general thing, the in dustry that is' encouraged 'by State administration thrives; and that, on-the other hand, that which is penalised dwindles. Now the policy of Australia; for!: many years, ,has been ato tax .the people very heavily for the encouriagementi o': fth'emore -or less exotic indtistries ot the cities, and, and at the same time to Iplace tlhe lioiis' share of the, burden on the ~loulders of ."the man on the hlaind.'i: Is it -possi ble .to honestly affect any sur prise?. that the.` productions` of ....